Gtalk invisible status does not work

[meighan]

Using Version 1.1.2 running on Mac OS X 10.4.10

When changing the status to 'Invisible' any Google Talk contacts simply see my status changing to idle, rather than appearing offline.

The same is happening under for MSN accounts.

[jas8522]

I just tested this with 1.1.3b2 and 1.2svn with MSN and it worked fine - setting myself to invisible showed as offline to my contacts. However this is accurate for google talk - using the web-based messenger built into gmail. This is reliant on libpurple which only has partial invisible support - looking through tickets finds an answer to this exact problem revealed as: we don't support invisible yet.

[radek]

I confirm that in 1.3b5 invisibility still doesnt work for GTalk. Its a pity because it works for such obscure protocols like gadugadu, while not for gtalk.

[jas8522]

Just tested this for confirmation for #11227 - exact same behaviour with 1.3.3b2

[Robby]

"We will not support the Google Talk invisibility, because it requires using their shared status stuff which we have no interest in supporting."  #p5828

[zacw]

Closing all "waiting on libpurple" tickets. There's no reason to keep them around as open, and largely go ignored anyway. File a ticket at  http://developer.pidgin.im for any functionality you want to see.

[anonymous]

Milestone Waiting on libpurple deleted